Re: [tied] Re: "Will the 'real' linguist please stand up?"

From: Miguel Carrasquer
Message: 19253
Date: 2003-02-25

On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 09:49:24 -0000, "tgpedersen
<tgpedersen@...>" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

>--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:
>> On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 11:39:30 -0000, "tgpedersen
>> <tgpedersen@...>" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
>>
>> >But is it certain that the loan came from Semitic or might it be
>from
>> >some other AfroAsiatic language (with Semitic later k > t)? Note in
>> >
>> >http://www.zompist.com/mide.htm#afro
>> >
>> >for "six" and "seven"
>> >Omotic, North, Dizoid
>> >Dizi yàkú tù:sú
>> >Shako yaku tubsu
>> >Nao yakko tessen
>>
>> Of all the Afro-Asiatic subgroups, Omotic is doubtless the least
>> likely to have been in contact with PIE. Besides, Semitic
>> *s^ids^atu(m), *sab`atu(m) look like more likely sources for PIE
>> *sWek^sW and *septm than yaku and tubsu.
>>
>> =======================
>> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
>> mcv@...
>
>Of course. But I thought perhaps the /k/ of (s-less) "six" words of
>Omotic might testify to an earlier state of affairs in AfroAsiatic?

I don't see how s^ids^- and yaku can be related at all. Tubsu and
sab3a- perhaps, but I know nothing about Omotic.

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv@...